Skirt-supporter



No Model.) G. M. BARRY.

SKIRT SUPPORTER.

Pa t'ented Jan. 22, 1884.

N. PETERS PhatoUlhogn-lphen Washington. 11c

UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEICE;

GEORGE M. BARRY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKIRT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,402, dated January22, 18,84. 7 Q Application filed November 23, 1888. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. BARRY, of Boston, in the county-of Suffolkand Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Skirt and Garment Supporters; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a'full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to-the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification. V

Figure l is an edge view of my invention,

showing the garment-supporter closed, the pin on itself at each end, asshown.

has a hole, (2, cut in it on the upper or bentbeing through the garment.Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the same, showing it open. Figs. 3 and 4are detail views of the same, showing it in use as applied to variousgarments.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

This'invention consists of aslide, loop, pin, and also of two pieces ofmetal, marked, respectively, A and B, the piece A being doubled The enda side, which receives the pin 6. The said end 0 doubles upon itself inaloop till its point touches at f. The loop is deepest at d, so that thepin maybe well held when bearing the weight and strain of the clothing.The end 9 is doubled closenpon itself around an ordinary wire loop, h,by which the entire device is fastened to the end of a strap, a corset,or

anything else from which it may be desirable to suspend it. The twopieces A andB are united by a hinge at z, and the opposite end, K, ofthe piece B is provided with thepin e, which is preferably attached tothe piece B by the pin having a shoulder cut on its upper end, the saidend projecting up through a hole in the piece B, (which thus rests onthe shoulder,) and said end being then flattened downvice, one of saidjaws being provided with the hinged portion and bearing. thepenetratingpoint, and the other having its end doubled upon itself andprovided with an aperture to receive the point, the jaws adapted to belocked by a slide.

' I GEO. M. BARRY.

\Vitnesses:

W. O. DODGE, ALEX. SCOTT.

